We are then told that—
“A wasting plague infected Latium’s skies.
...
In vain were human remedies apply’d.
Weary’d with death, they seek celestial aid,
And visit Phœbus in his Delphic shade.”
The reply of the Oracle is this:—
“Relief must be implor’d and succour won
Not from Apollo, but Apollo’s son.
My son to Latium borne shall bring redress;